The following is a brief summary of the environmental monitoring
activities that were completed on December 29, 1998. This summary is based on reports
directly received from the field and has not been edited. If you have any questions please
contact (818) 597-3407. Please note the item number and the correction that should be
made. This report is intended to serve as a communication document and as an instrument
for quality control.

Construction Highlights

12/29/98 (Tuesday)

Segment 1 (Emidio Pump Station to Copco Road):
Report for 29 December 1998: 8" pipe removal continued along Copco Road. Crews at
Cuddy Creek prepared for and began the Hydrotest. Excavation and the trucking of spoils
continued on Tejon Bench. The bore at Grapevine Creek was done when crews began digging
for the casing on the south side of the creek. Some ditch was dug in this area to connect
the I-5 bore to the mainline. Work at both Grapevine and Emidio Pump Stations occurred.
Crews backfilled at the south aqueduct area. Welding and x-ray worked at the Warbler Skip
along Lebec Road. NCR # 11010 was issued for continuing non compliance of the Erosion
Control Plan at the Warbler Skip. (NCR issued on 12/28/98 was #110009).

Segment 4 (Lynwwod to El Segundo): Report for
12-29-98. Crews completed the block wall at the Lynwwod station and have begun work on the
brick facia. In addition, crews set in anodes for cathodic protection of the pipe and
continued work on the sites electrical hook ups. At the El Segundo refinery, crews
continued with a general clean up and began testing the valves electrical system.

Segment 5 (Lynwood to Wilmington): Report for
12-29-98. Crews began potholing the roadway in preparation for the bore from the future
Edison pump station lateral site at Alameda St north of Del Amo Blvd. Meanwhile, crews
welded a riser for the tie-in at the Texaco site and continued coating the pipe at the
Tosco tie-in. Within the Tosco plant crews compacted soil, backfilled, installed further
valves and progressed with the electrical hook ups for the station.

Inspection Summar

In the past 24 hours, 3 inspection event(s) were reported for 3 spread(s). Of these
inspections, 0 were non-compliance event(s). Also 0 non-compliance resolution report(s)
was resolved.

Non-Compliance Reports (NCR's) Issued

No new non-compliance reports were issued during the last
reporting period.

Non-Compliance Resolution Reports (NCRR's) Issued

No new non-compliance reports were issued during the last
reporting period.